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EASIER
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BASIC
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EASIER
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BASIC
DICTIONARY
SECOND EDITION
General editor
P.H. Collin
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A BLOOMSBURY REFERENCE BOOK
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Second edition published 2004
First published in Great Britain 2001
© Copyright P.H. Collin, F. Collin, S.M.H. Collin 2001
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GENERAL EDITOR
P. H. Collin
Editorial Contributors
Penelope Hands, Howard Sargeant
Text Production and Proofreading
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Daisy Jackson, Sarah Lusznat
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Preface
This dictionary contains the most frequently used words in English and provides the
basic vocabulary needed for everyday communication by anyone starting to learn the
language. It is especially useful for elementary and pre-intermediate students of all
ages and would be suitable for those working towards an elementary level English
examination such as KET or PET.
Each word is individually defined, and no words, not even adverbs, are given with
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out a definition. Examples are included for many words to provide patterns for the
user’s own production of English sentences.
Each word, including compound words and phrasal verbs, has its own easy-to-find
main entry in bold type. Each word has a pronunciation in the International
Phonetic Alphabet. Common phrases and idioms associated with the main term are
shown in bold type and separately defined within the entry.
The meanings of the main common senses of each word are given clearly and sim
-
ply, using a limited and easily understood vocabulary. Meanings are grouped
together by their part of speech.
Extra help is offered in Notes at the end of some entries. These include warnings
about words which can confused with each other, unusual inflected forms and
regularly collocating prepositions. The major differences in US and British

spelling are noted.
A useful companion to this dictionary is Easier English Basic Synonyms which
compares and contrasts words with similar meanings, showing the similarities and
differences in usage.
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Symbols
í before a new part of speech
ć before examples
˽ before a phrase or collocation
ȣ before an idiom
ı a definition of the word will be found at the place indicated
 extra information will be found at the place indicated
Pronunciation
The following symbols have been used to show the pronunciation of the main
words in the dictionary.
Stress has been indicated by a main stress mark (  ) and a secondary stress
mark (  ). Note that these are only guides, as the stress of the word changes
according to its position in the sentence.
Vowels Consonants
 back b buck
ɑ harm d dead
ɒ stop ðother
a type d jump
aυ how f fare
aə hire  gold
aυə hour h head
ɔ course j yellow

ɔ annoy k cab
ehead l leave
eə fair m mix
e make n nil
eυ go ŋ sing
 word p print
i keep r rest
i happy s save
ə about ʃ shop
 fit t take
ə near tʃ change
u annual θ theft
u pool v value
υ book w work
υə tour x loch
shut  measure
z zone
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A
a
a
1
/e/, A
noun
the first letter of the alpha-
bet, followed by B
ć Do you mean ‘de-

pendant’ spelt with an ‘a’ or ‘depend-
ent’ with an ‘e’?
ȣ from A to Z com-
pletely, all the way through
a
a
2
/ə, e/, an /ən, n/
article
1. one ć an
enormous hole
ć a useful guidebook ć
She’s bought a new car. ć I want a cup
of tea.
ć We had to wait an hour for the
bus.
(NOTE: an is used before words
beginning with a, e, i, o, u and with h if
the h is not pronounced:
an apple
or
an hour
. a is used before words begin-
ning with all other letters and also be-
fore u where u is pronounced /
ju/ :
a
useful guidebook
) 2. for each or to each
ć Apples cost £1.50 a kilo. ć The car

was travelling at 50 kilometres an hour.
ć He earns £100 a day.
abandon
abandon /ə

bndən/
verb
1. to leave
someone or something in an unkind way
ć The dog had been abandoned by its
owner.
2. to give up or stop doing some-
thing
ć The company has decided to
abandon the project.
ć We abandoned
the idea of setting up a London office.
abbreviation
abbreviation /ə

brivi

eʃ(ə)n/
noun
a
short form of a word
ability
ability /ə

blti/

noun
1. a natural tenden-
cy to do something well
ć I admire his
ability to stay calm in difficult situa-
tions.
ć We can develop their natural
abilities.
(NOTE: The plural is abilities.)
˽ I’ll do it to the best of my ability I’ll
do it as well as I can
2. the fact of being
clever
ć suitable for different levels of
ability
(NOTE: no plural)
able
able /eb(ə)l/
adjective
1. ˽ to be able to
do something to be capable of some-
thing or have the chance to do some-
thing
ć They weren’t able to find the
house.
ć Will you be able to come to the
meeting?
2. good at doing something, or
good at doing many things
ć She’s a

very able manager.
ć There are special
activities for able children.
about
about /ə

baυt/
preposition
1. referring to
something
ć He told me all about his
operation.
ć What do you want to speak
to the doctor about?
2. ˽ to be about to
do something to be going to do some-
thing very soon
ć We were about to go
home when you arrived.
3. not exactly ć
I’ve been waiting for about four hours.
ć She’s only about fifteen years old. ȣ
how about? 1. what do you think
about?
ć We can’t find a new chairper-
son for the club – What about Sarah?
2.
would you like a cup of tea? ȣ while
you’re about it
at the same time as the

thing you are doing
ć While you’re
about it, can you post this letter?
above
above /ə

bv/
preposition
1. higher than
ć The plane was flying above the
clouds.
ć The temperature in the street
was above 30 degrees.
ć At prices
above £20, nobody will buy it.
2. older
than
ć If you are above 18, you have to
pay the full fare.
3. louder than ć I
couldn’t hear the telephone above the
noise of the drills.
abroad
abroad /ə

brɔd/
adverb
in or to another
country
ć They’ve gone abroad on holi-

day.
ć I lived abroad for three years.
absence
absence /bsəns/
noun
the fact of be-
ing away from a place
ć She did not ex-
plain her absence from the meeting.
ć
The former president was sentenced in
his absence.
˽ in the absence of be-
cause someone or something is not there
ć In the absence of the chairman, his
deputy took over.
ć In the absence of
any official support, we had to raise our
own funds.
absent
absent /bsənt/
adjective
not there ć
Ten of the staff are absent with flu.
absolute
absolute /bsəlut/
adjective
com-
plete or total
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